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  1. The First Time I Saw Light by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    10 Jan 2026

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    1995. Mike Wheeler has moved to NYC in a desperate attempt to save his faltering career as an author. But fate is not on his side, and nothing seems to go quite his way - his writing has grown dull, and even his publisher remarks that it seems like he isn't passionate about writing anymore. One day, Mike bumps into Will at the grocery store, who he hasn't spoken to in many years. Mike - bearing the burden of his fathers fate - grapples with his own identity in the face of change, but especially in the face of Will Byers.

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